Barnett Parker
Birthday
1886/09/10
Day of death
1941/08/05 (54 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Batley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Also know as
William Barnett Parker
Biography
Within the British colony of expatriate actors in Hollywood during the 1930's, Barnett Parker, born 11 September 1886, in Batley, Yorkshire, England, was among the most stereotypical. Harrowgate College-educated, straight-backed, balding and well-intoned, Parker caricatured a multitude of unctuous, stiff-upper-lip butlers, man-servants or waiters, though his performances could, at times, verge on the brink of being camp. When driven to frustration his characters commonly resorted to incoherent ...Read more
Acting
(1937) Double Wedding
as Mr. Flint, Margit's Bookkeeper
(1941) The Reluctant Dragon
as Dragon (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (voice)
(1939) At the Circus
as Whitcomb
(1937) Broadway Melody of 1938
as Jerry Jason
(1937) Personal Property
as Arthur Trevelyan
(1936) Born to Dance
as Floorwalker
(1937) The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Albert, Stephan's Butler
(1938) Listen, Darling
as Abercrombie
(1941) Tall, Dark and Handsome
as Quentin
(1916) The Flight of the Duchess
as The Duke
(1916) The Traffic Cop
as Book Agent
(1920) The Misleading Lady
as Steve
(1936) The President's Mystery
as Roger
(1937) Married Before Breakfast
as Tweed
(1938) The Girl Downstairs
as Hugo
(1940) He Married His Wife
as Huggins
(1938) Love Is a Headache
as Hotchkiss, Carlotta's Butler
(1938) Hold That Kiss
as Maurice
(1937) Wake Up and Live
as Foster
(1938) Sally, Irene and Mary
as Oscar
(1937) Live, Love and Learn
as Alfredo
(1937) We Who Are About to Die
as John Barkley
(1937) Ready, Willing and Able
as Waiter
(1937) Navy Blue and Gold
as Graves
(1939) Babes in Arms
as William
(1937) Espionage
as Bill Cordell
(1936) Libeled Lady
as Butler (uncredited)
(1936) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Butler (uncredited)
(1939) She Married a Cop
as Bekins, the Butler
(1939) Hotel for Women
as Photographer
(1936) A Girl's Best Years
as Primrose
(1940) One Night in the Tropics
as Thompson, Steve's Butler (uncredited)
(1940) Hullabaloo
as Samuel Stephens
(1940) Love Thy Neighbor
as George - Fred's Chauffeur
(1940) La Conga Nights
as Hammond
(1937) Dangerous Number
as Minehardi
(1941) New Wine
as The Duke
(1938) Marie Antoinette
as Prince de Rohan
(1936) Roaming Lady
as Waters
(2004) Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
as The Dragon (voice) (archive sound)
(1964) The Big Parade of Comedy
as Arthur Trevelyan in 'Personal Property' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
(1941) A Man Betrayed
as George
(1916) Prudence the Pirate
as John Astorbilt
(1937) The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Purser
(1936) The General Died at Dawn
as Dining Car Man (uncredited)
(1941) Kisses for Breakfast
as Phillips
(1915) Bill Bunks the Bandit
as Bill - a Gentleman from the East